Use one of the many car rental companies to travel around southern Portugal.
Buses also arrive at the airport from Faro and other resorts along the Algarve coast.
Choose accommodation on the Algarve
Car rental
If your holiday will be more sightseeing and you want to explore more of the Algarve, hiring a car is definitely the best option. Although public transport around the Algarve works relatively well, the intervals between services are often not very attractive and many places can only be reached 3-4 times a day.
There are many car rental companies at the airport, all of which can be compared at the click of a button according to your criteria, for example via the rentalcars.com.
Rental prices at the airport range from 240 eur per week in the summer, dropping to 90 eur in the winter. We recommend avoiding Goldcar, which is notoriously unfair.
Bus direction Faro
The airport is connected to the centre of Faro and the town's main beach , Praia de Faro, by two bus routes operated by Próximo, which provides public transport in Faro.
- Line 14: takes about 20 minutes to the centre, with only 3-5 services per day (timetable: proximo.pt/schedules/linha14)
- Line 16: runs to the centre for 15 minutes at intervals of 30-50 minutes from 5:00 to 23:00, terminating in the city at the bus station (timetable: proximo.pt/schedules/linha16)
The ticket costs 2,50 eur. Ticket can be purchased in cash from the bus driver
You can also use the express bus line 56 of the carrier Vamus to the centre of Fara, providing all intercity services in the Algarve. Line 56 runs 6 times a day (timetables: vamusalgarve.pt/routes) and the journey to the centre of Fara costs 4 eur.
Bus along the coast
If you're heading straight from the airport to the famous sandstone cliffs of the coast, take the express bus number 56, also called the "Aerobus". This connects the airport with the towns of Albufeira, Lagoa, Portimão and Lagos and runs 6-8 times a day. The timetable can be found under the route number in the list of all routes on vamusalgarve.pt.
You can buy your ticket from the driver when travelling from the airport, and always from the ticket office at the bus stations in the cities concerned when travelling to the airport. Alternatively, you can buy a 3-day ticket for all Vamus buses throughout the Algarve for 35 eur or a 7-day ticket for 46 eur on the Vamus mobile app (available on Google Play / App Store).
On line 56 "Aerobus" there is a special tariff different from the other routes. Faro Airport one-way ticket prices:
- Albufeira - 10 eur
- Portimão - 13 eur
- Lagos - 15 eur
